BS&T'S 2010 BANKING TECHNOLOGY OUTLOOK

Banks Planning Flexible IT Budgets for 2010
As banks budget for their 2010 IT spending, it's anyone's guess as to which projects will suffer in order to account for the slew of pending regulations due from Washington. But while the focus will continue to be on cost savings, bright spots exist in risk/security, treasury services and M&A integration.

The Bank Technology Hot List: Solutions That Sizzle
According to a cross section of bank tech executives, this could be the year that heretofore unproven solutions -- including mobile payments, cloud computing and social networking -- become essential components of banks' strategies.

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Fraud: Social Media Heightens New Threats
As fraudsters increasingly seek to exploit weaknesses in consumers' defenses through social engineering schemes rather than hack vulnerabilities in banks' security systems, the need for enterprisewide solutions to detect fraud across channels is greater than ever.